I’m starting to get some knitting groove back. I placated myself with simple stockinette socks for my brother and the Featherweight Cardigan mindlessness for a couple of days. Then, this gorgeous Saffron yarn in Artisan Sock by Hazel Knits kept bugging me. It was on the shelf in the living room whispering about how wonderful its color is, essentially taunting me. I had earmarked it for a Damask shawl. I was a little scared to undertake this because it seemed like some serious lace. Like, lace that you always have to keep your mind on or you’re left in a crying little puddle when you mess up over and over.
Well, I started it and I adore it. It’s actually more intuitive than you think. I was first intimidated by the 17 pages of pattern. This is because Kittman Figueroa gives you a chart and written out version for every pattern row. I am not a huge fan of knitting the purl-seven-together nupps, but I think they look nice. So far, I’ve only made tiny mistakes and I’ve caught them on the same or next row. Thank goodness newborns sleep so much.
I’m on row 47 or 124 for the small size, and the rows decrease as you go, so I might even call myself halfway done. I wish I’d had 40 more yards in this skein to make the medium size. I thought about trying it anyway, but it seemed like most Ravelry folks did use more than 400 yards, so it was deemed too risky.
It’s nice to know my brain is still up to this kind of performance.
ohhhhh! that’s intense!
Gorgeous!!! I haven’t knit lace in so long, this is really encouraging me to pick up a complicated lacy project soon ♥
Looks very pretty so far! Love the color.
glad to see you’re still knitting, i was a little worried zooey would slow you down! 😉 and wow, a purl-7-together?! that sounds intense!! looks lovely!
Wow. You’re right- that is some impressive lace!
I’m not much of a shawl knitter but I do find this pattern to be super gorgeous and did manage to put it in my favorites ages ago for the day when I do decide to knit a shawl.
This gives me hope that I’ll still be able to do some knitting once the baby comes!
The color looks gorgeous in that lace!
It’s definitely going to be beautiful. Your level of concentration right now is clearly much better than mine; I’m jealous!
Oh my! This is gorgeous!
That is simply gorgeous!! And the color…yum!!
Lace is such a beautiful monster, isn’t it? I want to kill it while I’m working on it. Then when I’m done the piece, I just stare at it lovingly and pet it every so often. 🙂
It looks amazing, and the yarn is gorgeous too. I gifted this pattern to a friend a while back, but I don’t think she’s tackled it yet. I’ll have to push her to get on with it! I’m so excited to see one in real life. ^_^
My goodness that’s lovely! Look at you go. I am so impressed!
I love it!
I’ve admired that pattern for a while, it’s nice to read a mini review of it. Your Damask looks beautiful already!
I both love and hate when people post about patterns I’ve been putting off, especially ones that seem kind of daunting. Damn you!